Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Risk factors associated with mental illness in Oyo State, Nigeria: A Community based study. | Annals of General Psychiatry BioMed Central Primary research Open Access Risk factors associated with mental illness in Oyo State Nigeria A Community based study OE Amoran 1 TO Lawoyin1 and OO Oni2 Address department of Community Medicine University College Hospital Ibadan Nigeria and 2Office of Medical officer of Health Saki East Local Govt Area Oyo State Nigeria Email OE Amoran - drfamoran@ TO Lawoyin - tlawoyin@ OO Oni - rindeoni@ Corresponding author Published 22 December 2005 Received 31 May 2005 Accepted 22 December 2005 Annals of General Psychiatry 2005 4 19 doi l744-859X-4-l 9 r This article is available from http content 4 l l9 2005 Amoran et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The main objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with mental illness in Oyo State at community level using the general health questionnaire as a screening tool. Method This cross-sectional community- based survey was carried out among adults in three randomly selected LGAs using multi-stage sampling technique. Results A total of ll05 respondents were assessed in all. The overall prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in Oyo state Nigeria was found to be in the urban areas and in the rural areas p . Young age 19 yrs X2 p Unemployment X2 p living condition below average X2 p physical health X2 p and large family size X2 p were associated with increase risk for psychiatric morbidity. Following logistic regression analysis Unemployment OR and living conditions perceived to be above average .
